"Wicked" topped nominations to the 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards on Wednesday, landing a leading five nominations including best ensemble, and individual nods for Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey.
Out-of-control wildfires that swept across Los Angeles and Southern California on Tuesday night forced the Screen Actors Guild to cancel its plans to announce the nominations live Wednesday morning. The nominations were instead issued by press release by SAG, which last year began a multiyear deal with Netflix to stream the awards.
The smash hit musical "Wicked" saw its Oscar chances rise in nominations to the SAG Awards, one of the most predictive Academy Awards bellwethers. The movie's big morning - it even scored a nod for stunt ensemble - came after a celebratory night, too. The film was honoured by the National Board of Review Awards in New York on Tuesday. The other nominees for best ensemble include "Anora," "Conclave," "Emilia Perez" and "A Complete Unknown."
It was an especially strong showing for the Bob Dylan drama "A Complete Unknown." It came away with four nominations, including Timothee Chalamet for best male actor, and supporting nods for both Edward Norton and Monica Barbaro.
The best male lead nominees were largely as expected, Adrien Brody ("The Brutalist"), Daniel Craig ("Queer"), Colman Domingo ("Sing Sing"), Ralph Fiennes ("Conclave") and Chalamet.
Coming off her rousing victory at the Golden Globes, Demi Moore was among the nominees for best female actor in a leading role for "The Substance." She was joined by Erivo, "Emilia Perez" breakout Karla Sofia Gascon, Mikey Madison of "Anora" and Pamela Anderson for "The Last Showgirl."
Snubbed stars That surprisingly left out some big names. Angelina Jolie ("Maria") missed out, as did Nicole Kidman ("Babygirl"). A few of the most acclaimed actresses of the year, Marianne Jean-Baptiste ("Hard Truths") and Globe-winner Fernanda Torres ("I'm Still Here"), also were overlooked.
"The Last Showgirl" had more to celebrate, too, with an unexpected nomination for Jamie Lee Curtis in supporting female actor. Her fellow nominees are: Barbaro, Grande, Danielle Deadwyler ("The Piano Lesson") and Zoe Saldana ("Emilia Perez").
Jeremy Strong was nominated for his supporting performance as Roy Cohn in the Donald Trump film "The Apprentice," but his co-star, Sebastian Stan, went unnominated for both "The Apprentice" and "A Different Man." The other nominees for best supporting male actor were: Bailey, Norton, Yura Borisov ("Anora") and the category frontrunner, Kieran Culkin ("A Real Pain").
A few widely forecast supporting performance were snubbed there, too, including Denzel Washington ("Gladiator II") and Guy Pearce ("The Brutalist").
Here's a complete list of nominees:
MOVIES
Ensemble
A Complete Unknown
Anora
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
Male actor in a leading role
Adrien Brody - The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet- A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig - Queer
Colman Domingo - Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes - Conclave
Female actor in a leading role
Pamela Anderson - The Last Showgirl
Cynthia Erivo - Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón - Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison - Anora
Demi Moore - The Substance
Male actor in a supporting role
Jonathan Bailey - Wicked
Yura Borisov - Anora
Kieran Culkin - A Complete Unknown
Edward Norton - A Complete Unknown
Jeremy Strong - The Apprentice
Female actor in a supporting role
Monica Barbaro - A Complete Unknown
Jamie Lee Curtis - The Last Showgirl
Danielle Deadwyler - The Piano Lesson
Ariana Grande - Wicked
Zoe Saldaña - Emilia Pérez
Stunt ensemble
Deadpool & Wolverine
Dune: Part Two
The Fall Guy
Gladiator II
Wicked
TELEVISION
Drama ensemble
Bridgerton
The Day of the Jackal
The Diplomat
Shōgun
Slow Horses
Comedy ensemble
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Hacks
Only Murders in the Building
Shrinking
Male actor in a drama series
Tadanobu Asano - Shōgun
Jeff Bridges - The Old Man
Gary Oldman - Slow Horses
Eddie Redmayne - The Day of the Jackal
Hiroyuki Sanada - Shōgun
Female actor in a drama series
Kathy Bates - Matlock
Nicola Coughlin - Bridgerton
Allison Janney - The Diplomat
Keri Russell - The Diplomat
Anna Sawai - Shōgun
Male actor in a comedy series
Adam Brody - Nobody Wants This
Ted Danson - A Man on the Inside
Harrison Ford - Shrinking
Martin Short - Only Murders in the Building
Jeremy Allen White - The Bear
Female actor in a comedy series
Kristen Bell - Nobody Wants This
Quinta Brunson - Abbott Elementary
Liza Colón-Zayas - The Bear
Ayo Edebiri - The Bear
Jean Smart - Hacks
Male actor in a limited series or TV movie
Javier Bardem - Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Colin Farrell - The Penguin
Richard Gadd - Baby Reindeer
Kevin Kline - Disclaimer
Andrew Scott - Ripley
Female actor in a limited series or TV movie
Kathy Bates - The Great Lillian Hall
Cate Blanchett - Disclaimer
Jodie Foster - True Detective: Night Country
Lily Gladstone - Under the Bridge
Jessica Gunning - Baby Reindeer
Cristin Milioti - The Penguin
Stunt ensemble
The Boys
Fallout
House of the Dragon
The Penguin
Shōgun
Predictive power of the SAGs The SAG Awards are arguably the most telling Oscar forecast there is. Their picks don't always align exactly with those of the film academy, but they often come very close to mirroring them.
The last three best ensemble winners - "Oppenheimer," "Everything Everywhere All at Once," "CODA" - all went on to win best picture at the Academy Awards. All but one of the SAG acting winners of the last three years has also won at the Oscars. The sole exception was Lily Gladstone, who won SAG's award for female actor last year for "Killers of the Flower Moon," but the Oscar trophy went to Emma Stone ("Poor Things") at the Oscars.
In all likelihood, the Oscar field will look a lot like the SAG nominees. While some overlooked performances might still land an Oscar nomination, any eventual Academy Award winner, including the best-picture recipient, is almost surely coming from those nominated Wednesday.
That's bad news for Brady Corbet's "The Brutalist," which triumphed at the Globes but missed out on a SAG ensemble nomination. Best picture contender "Sing Sing" also came away with a single SAG nod.
'Shōgun' continues to dominate Coming of sweeps at the Emmys and the Golden Globes, FX's "Shōgun" continued to run roughshod through the competition, landing a leading five nominations Wednesday, including best ensemble and individual nods for Hiroyuki Sanada, Anna Sawai and Tadanobu Asano.
Also faring well were "The Bear" (nominations for Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri and Liza Colon-Zayas), "Hacks" (Jean Smart) and "The Diplomat" (Keri Russell, Allison Janney).
The Screen Actors Guild Awards will be held Feb. 23 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The ceremony, to be hosted by Kristen Bell. will be streamed live on Netflix. In addition to the competitive awards, Jane Fonda will be presented with the guild's Life Achievement Award.
